tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post1619070236943279764..comments2014-07-18T09:06:22.927-07:00Comments on Roman Times: French divers discover bust of Caesar in the RhoneMary Harrschhttps://plus.google.com/111308222033273520906noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-51377762177111167052008-06-23T14:58:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:58:00.000-07:00Arles was very a significant city commanding a sh...Arles was very a significant city commanding a shallow bend in the mighty Rhone. As the many guide books state it had a strong association with Julius Caesar and its standing was perticularly strengthened in the region after the sack of Marseilles. The building program there does not appear to have been carried out over a short period of time and hence the town thrived without the influence or favour of Julius Caesar for a significant time. The French Culture ministry are indulging in a public relations exercise and the attribution of identity is more political covenience and spin than scholarship. I would agree entirely with the views of Mary Beard apart from some suggested doubt that concerning the locaation of the discovery.<BR/><BR/>Cshokihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307355010924974005noreply@blogger.com